Railroad crossing talks set for Friday in Shreveport

Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover plans this week to meet with residents to discuss future railroad crossing closings, which will affect where motorists can drive.

The meeting is set for 6 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Leadership Academy, 7340 Wyngate Blvd. (It was slated for the same time Thursday, but that conflicts with Woodlawn's graduation. Fridays are tough for drawing crowds to government-related meetings!)  

Crossings set to be closed in the next month include:

• Wyngate Boulevard between Valleyview Drive and Woodmont Street.
• Malcolm Street between Corbitt Street and Midway Avenue (trying to get clarification on  this – that's a big space).
• Church Street at Flournoy Lucas Road.

Union Pacific and the city have been negotiating on the closures while Shreveport worked for a new crossing on the extension of South Shrevepark Drive. That is intended to give better access to Shreve-Park Industrial Campus.